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May 12 Is ME/CFS Awareness Day

May 12, 2018 marks the 198th birthday of Florence Nightingale but for millions of people worldwide, the day has come to represent something of urgent and passionate meaning today.

May 12th is International ME/CFS Awareness Day and Florence Nightingale has become the patron saint of this terrible disease. It is widely believed that Florence Nightingale suffered from the disease during the last decades of her life. ME/CFS patients often suffer in the dark, confined to a bed and unable to participate in life. Florence Nightingale, the “Lady of the Lamp,” represents a soft warm light of hope and compassion.